Endobronchial Ultrasound vs Mediastinoscopy in NSCLC

Exclusion Criteria

• •A) Patients who are deemed on clinical grounds not to be medically fit for a bronchoscopy or a mediastinoscopy or who are not suitable for definitive surgical resection by thoracotomy will be excluded.
• •B) Patients who have verified stage IV disease or who are not appropriate for lung cancer resection by virtue of direct invasion of mediastinal structures or large parts of the chest wall.
• •C) Known small cell lung cancer. D) Patients where there is a high clinical suspicion of lymphoma. E) Inability to give informed consent.